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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Business, Technology, Equipment

OEMs Form Consortium to Standardize EV Truck Charging

The U.S. doesn’t have a standard testing protocol for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), but dialogue between charging equipment providers and OEMs has to happen.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 23, 2024
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Love’s to Start Taking Payment Through Relay Digital Network

Love’s Travel Stops will begin accepting fuel payment at its facilities through Relay Payments’ digital remuneration system, the companies said Sept. 23.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel

Low-Voltage Power Demands Are Driving New Battery Solutions

In addition to requiring increased power, today’s trucks need redundancy in the electronic architecture to ensure critical safety systems aren’t disrupted.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics

Outpost to Open More Than 1,700 Truck Parking Spaces

Outpost will offer more than 1,700 additional tractor-trailer parking spaces at four sites near key U.S. logistics hubs, it said Sept. 19.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics

Startup Cargado Unveils Load Board for US-Mexico Freight

The startup firm, which quietly launched its load board on April 1, publicly announced the product on Sept. 23 with more than 50 logistics customers actively using the platform.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
September 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Private

PepsiCo Expands EV Fleet to Boost Cost Savings

HANOVER, Germany — Electrification within the PepsiCo fleet is creating cost savings, and the company has plans to scale electric trucks across North America. 

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel

Component Manufacturers Unveil Green Tech at IAA 2024

Manufacturers exhibiting at IAA Transportation 2024 showcased new innovations to help reduce carbon emissions in the trucking industry.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel

Charging Infrastructure Limitations Challenge OEMs

HANOVER, Germany — Charging limitations are placing an unfair burden on equipment makers that have developed the tech to comply with government regulations, OEMs and fuel providers say.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 20, 2024
Business, Technology

Volkswagen to Slash China Jobs as Part of Global Overhaul

Volkswagen AG has begun trimming corporate jobs in China as part of its goal to reduce overhead by 20% globally over the next three years.

Haze Fan and Chunying Zhang | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Madison Debuts Wisconsin’s First Electric Garbage Trucks

Wisconsin’s capital city has introduced its first electric garbage trucks, marking the state’s first deployment of fully electric Class 8 refuse tractors.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2024